The doctor tells the cook that the pickling jar has been tampered with and that it is necessary to change the dish. He explains that the pickled daikon is not the right color, and that red amaranth can be added to the dish to make it red. The doctor explains that he has been summoned to check on the pulse of the consort of the western palace, who is ill. The cook asks the doctor why he has come to the palace at this time, and the doctor replies that he was summoned because the consort was ill. He then asks the cook to tell him stories about the childhood of the chancellor's son and the prince's companion